Head coach Caleb Barnes leads the Eutectic women’s tennis team. Preseason training for the team begins two weeks before classes start in August with the KIAC Tournament in late October. The team has approximately eight to ten matches per season, with the majority of travel on weekends.

Euts Just Shy of Win in First Match of 2015

Georgie Boeckmann came from behind
to win at number-two singles.
Photo by Alyssa Brewer.

STLCOP hosted Greenville College on Friday, Feb. 13, in an indoor match at St. Clair Tennis Center in O’Fallon, Ill. The Euts fell 5-4 to the Panthers in their first tennis match of 2015. Playing a player short, the Eutectic squad forfeited two courts, which determined the fate of the match results.

Playing number-two singles, fourth-year Georgie Boeckmann came back from a 6-0 first set loss to defeat Greeville’s Lezlie Friedline 0-6, 6-4, 10-7. Third-year Anna Karasiewicz and second-year Jenna Smith also claimed singles wins for the Euts. Karasiewicz beat Amanda Scott at court three, 7-5, 6-2, and newcomer Smith locked down court five with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Emily Britt. Karasiewicz and Smith teamed up for the only Eutectic doubles win at court two, dominating Abby Maurer and Christina Bowman, 8-1.

The Eutectics are now 2-1 for the 2014-15 season. They will take a week off from competition before hosting Stephens College at St. Clair on Saturday, Feb. 28, for their first conference match.